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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyCompetitionMarket | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | DecisionTreeOptions |